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Trump ou Orban, sont-ils des autocrates ? Ils manipulent, intimident, affaiblissent les contre-pouvoirs, mais ils n’ont pas recours au meurtre ou à l’emprisonnement de leurs opposants. Nanzeeba Ibnat/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Les autocrates n’agissent plus comme Hitler ou Staline, ils gouvernent par la manipulation

Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles

Les nouveaux autocrates utilisent les médias et la manipulation, plutôt que la répression et la violence, pour consolider leur pouvoir.
Autocrats today tend to govern by manipulation of the public, among other tactics, rather than solely using violence. Nanzeeba Ibnat/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Autocrats don’t act like Hitler or Stalin anymore − instead of governing with violence, they use manipulation

Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles

Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support and consolidate power. They govern through a ‘spin dictatorship.’
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event focused on ‘Biden’s border bloodbath’ on April 2, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

We analyzed 9 years of Trump political speeches, and his violent rhetoric has increased dramatically

Nikita Savin, University of California, Los Angeles and Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles

Trump’s use of violent words has increased over time. By 2024, his use of violent language had surpassed nearly all other democratic politicians whose speeches 2 political scientists analyzed.

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